Example sentences of "become a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the film 's most inventive touch , Hook tries to avenge himself on Peter Pan by becoming a second and better father . |
| 2 | If the Apple/Microsoft system can be made to work on both PCs and Macintoshes and is actually delivered within a reasonable space of time then it may become a second standard . |
| 3 | If IBM actually endorses it for the Presentation Manager it will become a second standard ! |
| 4 | The assignment would be a challenge which she would enjoy and , if it turned out successfully , maybe interior decorating could become a second string to her tiles ? |
| 5 | he became a second permanent secretary in the Department of the Environment during Edward Heath 's administration . |
| 6 | By the second year however the district was reconciled to the idea as the dangers of instability receded , and the unit became a second wave trust . |
| 7 | ‘ As you know only too well , ’ he wrote after leaving Broadlands on one occasion to embark on a six-month cruise , ‘ to me it has become a second home in so many ways , and no one could ever have had such a splendid honorary grandpapa in the history of avuncular relationships . ’ |
| 8 | Whereas East Anglia might have become a second power base in the early 1470s , Gloucester 's Welsh lands were never expected to be more than peripheral . |
| 9 | Whereas East Anglia might have become a second power base in the early 1470s , Gloucester 's Welsh lands were never expected to be more than peripheral . |
| 10 | Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us . |
| 11 | Beck House , in Faverdale , has become a second home to many people in the area with learning difficulties . |
| 12 | However , if we begin from the view that the deaf child is communicatively competent in sign language , given access to appropriate models , then all his learning goals can be reached through this language and the child becomes a second language learner in relation to English . |
| 13 | … I think that this being very much a teaching hospital area … the GP becomes a second or third rate citizen . |
| 14 | Reed International said it would now pay its 7.25p final as a second interim on 5 April , while TT Group 's 3.6p final becomes a second interim to be paid on 31 March . |